After a chaotic chase that sent chickens flapping and cats scrambling up trees, Laurence finally caught a hen. He carried it over triumphantly.

“Sir, will this one do?”

Doc took the chicken, weighed it in his hands, and nodded. “This’ll do. Come on, let’s do this together.”

Laurence skipped after him eagerly, rushing to the kitchen to boil water.

While Laurence and Doc prepared their feast, Sonny headed out to look for his parents, phone in hand.

They were sitting under a tree in the yard,